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with_o his_o presbytery_n but_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o synod_n moreover_o when_o the_o world_n begin_v to_o be_v fill_v with_o church_n and_o the_o metropolitanes_n themselves_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o particular_a government_n over_o themselves_o for_o although_o they_o grow_v in_o number_n patriarch_n patriarch_n yet_o all_o be_v not_o according_a to_o their_o place_n either_o prudent_a or_o vigilant_a for_o in_o all_o order_n of_o man_n note_n note_n those_o of_o worth_n be_v but_o few_o the_o father_n do_v commend_v the_o care_n of_o whole_a province_n together_o unto_o certain_a bishop_n of_o the_o chief_a city_n which_o person_n they_o afterward_o call_v patriarch_n thus_o far_o bucer_n there_o and_o after_o note_v the_o abuse_n of_o these_o power_n and_o the_o usurpation_n of_o they_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o he_o call_v antichrist_n which_o i_o note_v to_o evidence_n that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v full_a for_o episcopacy_n yea_o and_o 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1660._o pag._n 7._o another_o authentic_a author_n and_o for_o those_o our_o brethren_n who_o have_v destroy_v this_o government_n among_o we_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v it_o may_v be_v in_o many_o of_o they_o upon_o the_o like_a ground_n that_o the_o rabbin_z say_v the_o jew_n the_o body_n of_o they_o 53.9_o d._n kimchi_n in_o isa_n 53.9_o for_o so_o he_o expound_v that_o prophecy_n which_o the_o chaldee_n version_n apply_v to_o the_o messiah_n as_o we_o do_v be_v slaughter_v in_o the_o captivity_n whilst_o he_o explain_v those_o word_n with_o the_o rich_a in_o his_o death_n he_o say_v it_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d not_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d but_o which_o sentence_n because_o it_o be_v in_o rhyme_n we_o may_v thus_o render_v the_o weather_n have_v no_o fault_n but_o that_o his_o fleece_n be_v good_a and_o he_o be_v fat_a 12.7_o mark_v 12.7_o according_a to_o this_o come_v let_v we_o kill_v he_o and_o the_o inheritance_n shall_v be_v we_o as_o it_o have_v appear_v since_o sect_n iii_o exception_n against_o the_o government_n and_o discipline_n the_o brethren_n the_o author_n of_o the_o former_a tract_n 40._o reason_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o reformation_n p._n 40._o except_o also_o against_o the_o government_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n first_o that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o divine_a right_n in_o this_o nation_n but_o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v found_v in_o the_o estate_n of_o prelacy_n within_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n by_o law_n and_o authority_n of_o parliament_n only_o where_o first_o we_o accept_v of_o their_o concession_n prelacy_n 1350._o episcopacy_n establish_v by_o law_n in_o england_n 25._o edw._n 3._o anno_fw-la 1350._o than_o our_o church_n government_n by_o episcopacy_n be_v establish_v by_o law_n in_o this_o nation_n now_o if_o they_o have_v this_o office_n by_o law_n they_o must_v also_o have_v a_o power_n for_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o as_o a_o prelacy_n that_o be_v a_o superior_a order_n of_o 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that_o power_n into_o execution_n now_o in_o the_o former_a sense_n neither_o the_o scripture_n so_o far_o as_o i_o understand_v nor_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v assert_v such_o power_n in_o any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n since_o the_o apostle_n who_o only_o under_o christ_n have_v a_o power_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o autocratical_a or_o three_o for_o a_o eminent_a degree_n of_o power_n in_o government_n so_o as_o that_o some_o act_n thereof_o do_v sole_o belong_v unto_o he_o to_o perform_v regular_o and_o in_o common_a order_n now_o in_o this_o sense_n omit_v the_o name_n as_o zanchy_a say_v above_o and_o keep_v our_o eye_n upon_o the_o thing_n itself_o see_v both_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o also_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n through_o the_o world_n former_o and_o the_o most_o learned_a man_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o late_a all_o which_o have_v be_v evidence_v above_o have_v constitute_v a_o order_n or_o 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former_a sense_n admonish_v that_o the_o bishop_n as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o minister_n and_o elder_a 1.7_o tit._n 1.7_o must_v not_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d one_o that_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n go_v upon_o his_o own_o head_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a sense_n be_v it_o that_o cyprian_a than_o who_o no_o man_n be_v more_o for_o the_o privilege_n episcopal_n and_o for_o entire_a obedience_n thereunto_o yet_o say_v 10_o cypr._n l._n 3._o ep._n 10_o ad_fw-la id_fw-la vero_fw-la quod_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la mihi_fw-la compresbyteri_fw-la nostri_fw-la solus_fw-la rescribere_fw-la nil_fw-la potui_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o primordio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la mei_fw-la statuerim_fw-la nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la mea_fw-la privatim_fw-la sententia_fw-la gerere_fw-la unto_o that_o say_v he_o that_o my_o fellow_n presbyter_n write_v unto_o i_o i_o can_v alone_o return_v no_o answer_n for_o i_o determine_v 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